Votic

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *sork(k)a, probably through Ingrian sorkka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsorkːɑ/, [ˈsorkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -orkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: sork‧kõ

Noun

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sorkkõ

  1. cloven hoof

Inflection

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Declension of sorkkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative sorkkõ sorkõd
genitive sorka sorkkijõ, sorkkii
partitive sorkka sorkkiitõ, sorkkii
illative sorkkasõ, sorkka sorkkiisõ
inessive sorkõz sorkkiiz
elative sorkõssõ sorkkiissõ
allative sorkõlõ sorkkiilõ
adessive sorkõllõ sorkkiillõ
ablative sorkõltõ sorkkiiltõ
translative sorkõssi sorkkiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sorkka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn